22 best-selling middle grade books like The Insiders by Cath Howe

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The Insiders

By: Cath Howe

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Secrets. Lies. Promises. Sometimes keeping things inside is dangerous. Callie, Ted, Zara, and Ni…

If you liked the middle grade plot in The Insiders by Cath Howe , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Cosmic

By: Frank Cottrell Boyce

4.44

Format: None pages,

Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This is primarily because he's a twe… read more

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  • middle grade

2. Good Night, Mr. Tom

By: Michelle Magorian

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a… read more

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3. Saving Sophia

By: Fleur Hitchcock

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

All Lottie wants to do is have adventures, but no such luck. Until she meets Sophia, a girl with an… read more

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4. The Guggenheim Mystery (London Eye Mystery #2)

By: Siobhan Dowd , Robin Stevens

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

My name is Ted Spark. I am 12 years and 281 days old. I have seven friends. Three months ago, I sol… read more

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5. The Boy at the Back of the Class

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.39

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Told with humor and heart, 'THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS' offers a child's perspective on the r… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."

-Onjali Q. Raúf, The Boy at the Back of the Class

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6. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
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7. Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #16)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.21

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 USA Today , Wall Street Journal , and New York Times bestseller! In Big Shot , boo… read more

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  • middle grade
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8. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #12)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.34

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Getaway can longer be ordered. Please go to to order this tit… read more

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  • middle grade
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9. The Sad Ghost Club

By: Lize Meddings

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don't belong anywhere? Like you're almost... invisible? Find y… read more

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10. The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #15)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.33

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Ґреґ із родиною вирушають у літню подорож країною. Вони мріють про захопливу пригоду, але їхні план… read more

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  • middle grade
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11. The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1, a middle-grade series starter from MG Leonar… read more

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  • middle grade
"It's hard to have an adventure with a smart phone in your pocket. It stops you from reading real maps and talking to people."

-M.G. Leonard, The Highland Falcon Thief (Adventures on Trains, #1)

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12. Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Trains, #2)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travel… read more

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  • middle grade
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13. When I See Blue

By: Lily Bailey

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

New town, new school, but the bully is in Ben's head ... There are 4 things you should know abou… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
Cover of Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains, #3) by M.G. Leonard

14. Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains, #3)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.45

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari… read more

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  • middle grade
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15. Sabotage on the Solar Express (Adventures on Trains, #5)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.45

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Miljardären och tågentusiasten August Reza har bjudit in Hal och Nat på invigningen av det prisvinn… read more

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  • middle grade
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16. The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (Billy Plimpton, #1)

By: Helen Rutter

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

When life is funny, make some jokes about it. Billy Plimpton has a big dream: to become a famous… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
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17. A Kind of Spark

By: Elle McNicoll

4.52

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more

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  • middle grade
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."

-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark

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18. High-rise Mystery

By: Sharna Jackson

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The detective duo everyone is dying to meet! Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, an… read more

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  • middle grade
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19. The Beast of Buckingham Palace

By: David Walliams

4.16

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic ad… read more

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  • middle grade
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20. Like a Charm

By: Elle McNicoll

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox. As … read more

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  • middle grade
"Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens. It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you. I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things.…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are. That the g…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

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21. Frankie's World: A Graphic Novel

By: Aoife Dooley

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From acclaimed Autistic Irish comedian Aoife Dooley comes a fresh and funny debut middle-grade grap… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
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22. Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott

4.28

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."

-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?

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23. Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life

By: Emily Katy

4.72

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health… read more

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24. The Secret Sunshine Project

By: Benjamin Dean

4.28

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A heart-warming story of kindness, courage and love in all its forms. Perfect for 9+ readers and fa… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
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25. Daisy and the Trouble With Unicorns (Daisy Fiction)

By: Kes Gray

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud Daisy adventure for readers of 6-9, from bestselling author of the Oi … read more

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26. A Drop of Golden Sun

By: Kate Saunders

4.45

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

It's 1973 and 10-year-old Jenny is in shock. She's just been cast as one of the lead roles in a fea… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family
Cover of The Funniest Boy in the World (Billy Plimpton, #2) by Helen Rutter

27. The Funniest Boy in the World (Billy Plimpton, #2)

By: Helen Rutter

4.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read.' Jacqueline Wilson on THE BOY … read more

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28. Her Dark Wings

By: Melinda Salisbury

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Her Dark Wings is a modern-day take on the Persephone myth, infused with the intense potency of tee… read more

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"Are you just going to let me have everything I ask for?"

-Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

"Most people have two faces. If you haven’t learned that by now, there’s no hope for you."

-Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

"I’d thought it would just be a kiss, like a hundred kisses before. I thought I knew what to do, how it would go. I didn’t know anything at all."

-Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

"His mouth was cold, he tasted like ice, or salt, or diamonds—something clear and sharp and glittering, something that would quench or call a thirst, or buy an army, start a war."

-Melinda Salisbury, Her Dark Wings

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29. When We Got Lost in Dreamland

By: Ross Welford

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

When 12 year-old Malky and his younger brother Seb become the owners of a “Dreaminator”, they are t… read more

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  • middle grade
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30. Some Like It Cold

By: Elle McNicoll

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A big-hearted small-town romance from bestselling, award-winning author Elle McNicoll, Some Like it… read more

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31. The Insiders

By: Cath Howe

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Secrets. Lies. Promises. Sometimes keeping things inside is dangerous. Callie, Ted, Zara, and Ni… read more

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  • middle grade
  • family

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4.39

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Lily Bailey

4.49

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4.29

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Pari Thomson

4.20

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Katherine Woodfine

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Dominique Valente

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